Message from an Elder, con'd.

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Islam, Christianity, Judaism are all three

<br>peoples of the same God. All three teach <br>compassion,

justice, and tolerance. Yet all three <br>have brought us

wars and injustice, not through <br>their teachings

but by those who call themselves <br>followers and

have twisted them to their own <br>devices.<br><br>We

are left with no choices, no options. This is <br>by

Creator's own hand. He has made it so. The <br>only

alternative is not to participate. We must <br>each take a

step, whether left or right, forward <br>or back, one

step to the center and STOP. We do <br>not have the

luxury of continuing as we have.<br><br>If you have been

slinging dirt, trying to show <br>others why this has

happened, STOP. If you have <br>been calling for peace,

even marching in the <br>streets, STOP. If you have

been standing for <br>justice, STOP. If you have been

seeking revenge, <br>STOP.<br><br>Regardless or what we

do, it will bring only war. <br>If you defame and

demonstrate, you tell this man <br>he has already won - there

is a breach in our <br>resolve. <br><br>If you call

for war, you give him what he desires <br>and again

he has won.<br><br>If you call for "justice" in the

courts of the <br>world, he knows himself that they are

twisted <br>beyond ethical recourse, and he has

won.<br><br>To follow the way of love is always a good thing,

<br>but that presupposes that the other party is

<br>capable of understanding or even caring.<br><br>Remember,

"Never fight a battle you cannot win. <br>Second, ALWAYS

choose your battles."<br><br>The only hope we have is to

not participate. <br>Either we all learn this lesson,

together, at the <br>same time, or we perish.<br><br>We

must allow Creator to do what he is doing. <br>Take

your hands away from this thing. In that he <br>has

given us no choice, Creator has taken away <br>our

responsibility. In that way, he has given us <br>the opportunity

to avoid falling into the traps <br>set by all

parties concerned.<br><br>Let all things be what they are

and what they <br>wish to be.<br><br>Jim RabidWolf

Hickinbotham<br>Belleville, Illinois, USA<br>September 22, 2001

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"If you can't look in the other

side,...."<br><br>Quite an eye-opener cathy.<br>Long ago, I was once

instructed by a great realised soul, the basic essence of

practical , which was simply discarding all the

desires which broadly fall into seven catagories. Other

than the basic, money, fame, sex, etc there were a few

novel catogories.<br>One of them being "The desire for

justice", this idea had caused a lot of turbulence in my

adolescent mind making me look harder at so many

preconcieved notions.<br>Among the other 'revolutionary'

desires to be discarded were "The desire for

God-realisation", "The desire for Moksha(being a paradox as

Moksha=absolute desirelessness)". <br><br>Anyway, that is besides

the issue here, could you please post any net-links

associated with the elder "Jim RabidWolf Hickinbotham"

quoted in your post? thanks in advance, really